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Layoffs surge to 14-month high despite slight job growth, BLS reports.

28,577 job cuts this month so far, our highest week since we began tracking data in September #MacroEdge pic.twitter.com/qWRmCEoscN— MacroEdge (@MacroEdgeRes) April 5, 2024 Although the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment report issued Friday showed that the unemployment rate “changed little” last month, a separate report found …

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Forbes – Walmart Says Ozempic Could Be Impacting Food Sales: ‘Slight Pullback In Overall Basket’

by absoluteunitVolcker I wonder if these drugs become popular enough, could they have a bigger impact on big food and beverage chains DPZ, QSR, MCD, PEP, KO, etc.? https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/10/04/walmart-exec-reportedly-says-ozempic-could-be-impacting-food-sales-slight-pullback-in-overall-basket/?sh=2906bc3d66a7 Walmart is studying changes in sales patterns by looking at anonymized shopper data and comparing that of people who take a …

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Elon Musk: Don’t want to blow their minds, but there is a slight possibility that not everything is Russian disinformation

🇷🇺 Elon Musk is 100% correct to point out that Putin’s concern over Nazism in Ukraine is not “Russian disinformation.” https://t.co/bLmIyKwi7x — Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) September 26, 2023 🇨🇦 Canada must be de-Nazified pic.twitter.com/a4XerYZDkp — Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) September 27, 2023 In every bad news, there is a …

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U.S. Economy in a Snapshot Overview of the July 2023 Snapshot: Q1 GDP Growth Slows but Remains Solid, Driven by Consumption, Government Spending, and Net Exports; June Sees Solid Payroll Growth and Slight Drop in Unemployment; Food-at-Home Index 25% Above its 2019 Average.

by Dismal-Jellyfish   https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/snapshot/Snapshot_July2023.pdf Overview of the July 2023 Snapshot GDP growth slowed: Q1 GDP was about .5% below what it would been if since Q42019, it grew at a rate close to long-term forecasts. Consumer real spending on services up 2.6%—still greater then 2%… Average hourly earnings up 4.4% …

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